VN, Turkey to boost development

HA NOI (VNS) — Turkey and Viet Nam can enhance joint efforts on boosting development in both countries, according to diplomats and professors at a seminar held in Ha Noi yesterday. Speaking at the seminar on Viet Nam and Turkey in the new development context, Turkish Ambassador to Viet Nam Ahmet Akif Oktay praised Viet Nam’s achievements during its renewal process during the past 20 years. Oktay singled out successes in the fields of economics, politics, security and social order, as well as during Viet Nam’s period of international integration. The seminar was co-organised by the Institute for Africa and Middle East Studies (IAMES) at the Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences, the Turkish embassy and the Centre for Strategic Research (SAM) at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to mark 35 years of diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and Turkey. Oktay said that despite the challenges still ahead, he believed developments in bilateral ties revealed huge potential for further co-operation, especially in economics and trade. Sharing his view with the Turkish ambassador, Professor Vo Khanh Vinh, Vice president of the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, said bilateral ties had entered a remarkable era since Viet Nam implemented its doi moi policy and particularly since the two sides signed an agreement to boost bilateral trade in 1997. “Turkey has become the biggest trade partner in Western Asia. Investment co-operation in many areas including tourism, labour and strategic dialogues have blossomed,” said Vinh. Meanwhile, Prof Bui Nhat Quang from the IAMES… [Read full story]

A Vietnam-Turkey workshop took place in Ho Chi Minh City on Nov. 30 to promote economic cooperation and investment between the two countries. Jointly organised by the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC) of Ho Chi Minh City and the Manisa Trade and Industry Chamber of Turkey, the workshop attracted the participation of 50 firms from Turkey . Speaking at the workshop, head of the Turkish delegation Bulent Kosmaz said the event provided a venue for the two countries’ enterprises to seek new partners, adding that their presence at the workshop aims to strengthen trade cooperation and investment between the…... [read more]

Representatives of NewTech and Singapore’s Wah Lee Tech sign a Letter of Intent (LOI) for construction on a medical waste treatment plant and development of hi-tech services in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)Da Nang (VNA)- Vietnamese import-export firm NewTech and Singapore’s Wah Lee Tech havesigned a Letter of Intent (LoI) on the construction of a medical wastetreatment plant in Vietnam.A source from NewTech told that the LoI, which was signed in Singapore onNovember 26, details building a hazardous medical waste treatment plant withcapacity of 20 tonnes per day. [Vietnamese cities aim at waste-to-energy future]It said the two sides agreed to establish a joint-venture…... [read more]

MURSITPINAR, Turkey - Kurds battling jihadists for the Syrian border town of Kobane welcomed a first US airdrop of weapons on Monday as neighbouring Turkey said it will help Iraqi Kurds to support the fight. In an apparent bid to cut Kobane off from Turkey, two suicide car bombings struck the north of the town facing the border, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, without giving an immediate casualty toll. And the jihadists of the Islamic Jihad (IS) group sent in reinforcements from Jarablous to the west of Kobane, as shelling of the centre of town resumed towards the…... [read more]

Addressing the conference held in Hau Giang province on December 28, Deputy PM Hung appreciated the localities’ efforts to overcome difficulties to record a rather high growth rate and ensure security and national defence. The Deputy PM suggested that the localities implement the Government’s economic stimulus packages right in the first quarter of 2009. He urged the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to work with the provinces to scrutinise their production plans in 2009, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to help farmers seek outlets for farm products. He also asked banks to extend debt payment deadlines for…... [read more]